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I know it is merely stating the obvious, but they have played with such mediocrity in the first half that I am currently in a severe condition of melancholy.

The Reds needed someone to step up Tuesday night and stop the downward momentum.

TV: Comcast SportsNet. Radio: WPHT ; WUBA Spanish. The Phillies have sold about 40,000 tickets for tonight's game.

Ramon Hernandez singled home the winning run in the top of the ninth inning, and Cincinnati bounced back from a 21-run drubbing to down Philadelphia, 4-3, at Citizens Bank Park.

Cincinnati RHP Johnny Cueto vs. LHP Cole Hamels . Tomorrow at 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati RHP Aaron Harang vs.

REDS at PHILLIES Tonight, 7:05: RHP Johnny Cueto vs. LHP Cole Hamels Tuesday, 7:05: RHP Aaron Harang vs.

Scouting Report: Diamondbacks : With Monday's off-day, the D-backs had the luxury of skipping the fifth starter's spot, and that's a good thing since they optioned their fifth starter -- Billy Buckner -- to Triple-A Reno after his last start.

Joey Votto's single to left in the bottom of the 10th scored Chris Dickerson and gave the Reds a 3-2 win over Arizona in the finale of a three-game set from Great American Ball Park.

The Cincinnati Reds hope that Aaron Harang can have the same type of outing Johnny Cueto had last night, as they wrap up a three-game series Thursday afternoon from Great American Ball Park.

Deciding to dispense with gathering the players inside the clubhouse, Reds manager Dusty Baker chose a more intimate setting to hold a closed-door team meeting on Wednesday afternoon -- his office.

The Reds starting rotation has fallen on hard times. In the first four games of the current six-game road trip, Cincinnati starters were just 1-3 with a 9.90 ERA.

Before last night's game against the Cleveland Indians , Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker was asked what he hoped to see from the supposedly new-and-improved . His answer was succinct: "A win." By that narrow definition, Bailey's first start after a recall from triple-A Louisville was a success.

The Indians had lost eight of nine and in the last 11 days had blown two five-run leads and a seven-run lead.

Indians end misery in 9-2 win over Reds as Harang's troubles on mound continue. . Hot Topics Associated Press photo by Tony Dejak Cincinnati Reds pitcher Aaron Harang hands the ball to manager Dusty Baker in the fifth inning Friday, June 26, in Cleveland.

And not what you'd expect from a team coming off such a difficult road trip. But the Indians had almost everything working in their favor in their return from a 1-5 road swing Friday night.

Skidding former ace Aaron Harang takes the mound in search of a first win in more than a month tonight, when the Cincinnati Reds head to Progressive Field for the opener of the "Battle of Ohio" interleague series with the Cleveland Indians.

In 2006-07, Aaron Harang was one of the most consistently excellent pitching options in all of baseball.

Aaron Harang gave his team a chance to win Sunday, something he has done regularly this season with a 3.66 earned run average and 93 and a third innings pitched.

If the Reds' starting lineup approaches a blackjack table where pitcher Aaron Harang is playing, he should leave the casino.

Paul Konerko's two-out single in the fifth inning off Aaron Harang at Great American Ball Park did more than bring home the White Sox third run of the afternoon for a 3-0 lead over the Reds.